Friday, September 14, 2012 // Woot
“Now, kids. Your mother’s right. A family trip is about sharing. If she wants to take a turn choosing our music, we have to respect that. Go ahead, Michelle. Open up the CD case and play whatever music you want to hear. We won’t mind at all.” The ABC Song. Kookaburra. She’ll Be Coming Around […]
Friday, November 4, 2011 // Woot
Huzzah! This week marks the halfway point of my project dedicated to finding a song to best represent each state (and thereby offending most of the state’s inhabitants, it seems) using two simple rules: the song has to have the state in the title, and it has to discuss the state as a whole rather […]
Friday, October 28, 2011 // Woot
If you’re unfamiliar with my weekly project, The United States of Songs, take a look at some previous installments. Explaining it every week is getting kind of tedious and repetitive. This week we’re heading down south to the great state of Mississippi! The state: Mississippi The song: “Here’s to the State of Mississippi” by Phil […]
Friday, October 21, 2011 // Woot
Hi there, everybody! Time again for The United States of Songs, in which I try (and, according to comment feedback, generally fail) to find a perfect song for each state in the country, moving alphabetically through the list. To qualify, a song has to have the state in the title and address the state as […]
Monday, October 17, 2011 // Woot
The recent shock over Hank Williams Jr. and his anti-presidential outburst reminded us a whole bunch of that exciting moment back in 2005, where- well, you remember it, surely. But the similarity between hip hop and country doesn’t end with two guys who can’t keep their mouths shut. A quick skim through the […]
Friday, October 14, 2011 // Woot
If you haven’t read The United States of Songs before, here’s the deal: I‘m moving alphabetically through every state in the union to find a song that perfectly encapsulates what it means to be in and/or from that state. I put some incredibly short-sighted rules on the contest when I started, namely that the song […]
Friday, October 7, 2011 // Woot
Welcome back, Wooters, to our weekly ritual in which we search for the perfect song to describe a song. I’m moving through the list alphabetically and applying some simple rules: the song must have the state in the title, and it must praise the entire state, not just one city or feature. This week we’re […]
Friday, September 30, 2011 // Woot
I’m back! Sorry for the week off, but I was busy trying not to die of heat exhaustion at an outdoor wedding in the hills of Texas. But the United States of Songs wait for no one, so I’m back in action this week with the Old Line State. The state: Maryland The song: “Maryland, […]
Friday, September 16, 2011 // Woot
Time again for my weekly search for the perfect song to accompany a state. We’ve crisscrossed America several times over already as I head alphabetically down the list, but this week we’re headed to the Northeast. Specifically, as Northeast as you can get. The state: Maine The song: “Maine” by John Linnell (Sorry about the […]
Friday, September 9, 2011 // Woot
It’s Friday, and that means it’s time for my weekly ritual: The United States of Songs. I know pretty much everyone knows the drill by now, but I keep repeating myself week in, week out in the hopes that someone somewhere is just stumbling upon this for the first time. Still, if you’re as sick […]
